Environment

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Water bird numbers at Menindee Lakes, near the site of this year's massive fish kill, are in long-term decline as regulation of lake levels deviates from natural cycles, according to leading ecologist Richard Kingsford.

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Leading Australian scientists will conduct a study into causes of the huge fish kill on the Darling River and the wider issue of water mismanagment after accepting a request from Labor leader, Bill Shorten.

In Central Asia, a warming climate is shrinking many glaciers. The Tuyuksu is losing ice every year. Around the world, vanishing glaciers will mean less water for people and crops in the future. Here, the people need to prepare sooner.